St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-29
THE CYCLONE DETECTIVE
And the Mysterious Plotting He
Heard at the Falls.

hearO at the rams.
Lewis Rheil testified: 81 live at 525
Twenty-frst avenue south. was work
ing out in Richfield and Bloomington In
July and August. l was at Charles
Hoag's place near Lake Amelia. Ny
folks knew him well and he was at our
house one day and told me as long as /
was not doing anything, [ had better.
come out and help them pick berries
While l was out there he got out the
engine for the threshing machine and
overhauled it to get it ready for
threshing. After he commenced thresh55
ing oats, / helped Will Wright run the
engine. On the 25th day of July was
in town and on my way out to Mr.,
Hoag's [ stopped at Minnehaha and
went to the pavilion to get cigar,
After getting the cigar l went over to
the end of the pavilion and sat down.
sat there some time and smoked. While
smoking i heard three men talking.
They were at the end of the pavilion: l,
paid no particular attention to what
they were talking about until l heard
one of them say We'll, if its murder,
then Pm out of it, The other man
then said:
'What other MANI" interrupted Mr..
Davis.
THAT man there" said the witness,
pointing to Freddy" Barrett.
81 was not there that day." said
Freddy" excitedly.
keep still; Pm running this case,"
said MIR. Davis.
LET him come to the 'front.'" said Mr..
Erwin.
"We don't want him to the 'front.'"
said Mr.. Davis.
Il know that you DON'T" said Mr..
Donahue.
The witness continued:
81 then heard Reddy Barrett say.
we will have to do something to get
some money! They then talked about
robbing "a street car and escaping
through Layman's cemetery. The short
man then said that suited him.
One of the men then said, That fellow
there is cycling u.s. They all then
looked at me. and Henry reached back
and pulled out his pistol so l could see
it and then dropped it back again. got
up and moved on. After / heard about
the murder | told Lieut.. Walton, of the
police force, about it. The tall man had
greensh clothes like that man has on"
pointing to one of the jurors named
Powles. Henry had on sack coat
and light pants. The pump broke that
day where was working, and had to
go up town. l was working at Charles
HOag'S."
Gould you see 'Reddy' Barrett from
Davis.
''Only the lower part of his coat and
his legs. The rest of him was behind
the curtain that was partly rolled up"
"How do you know that he said it,
then?"
1.-The sun was shining and / could see
through the curtain and he brought his
hand down this way, and at the same
time twisted Ais leg around. know he
said it. Any man with common sense
would know that"
What did he say?"
"'We will have to do something to
get some money think the circus was
in town that day. l did not go to the
circus. l was running an engine at
Hoag's. We commenced threshing in
August. We threshed oats and one.
stack of rye. The first place we threshed
was near Lake Amelia. Charles HOag
owned the engine. Will Wright helped
me run the engine. / quit about the,
middle of August. | was employed only
about week and half. / commenced
work about the 22d of July fixing
up the engine. We only thfeshed
enc stack of rye. The first man
we threshed for was a milkman
/ was at Hoag's for my health. 1
started from HOag's house on the morn
ing of the Goth. l have been in the
meat business. l have never been at
Duluth. told Mr.. King and he sent
me to Mr.. DOnahue. 1t was about the
5th of November that l saw King,
Quinlan went to Texas about that time:
Iny,,+ lyonuy Whom Tim Rarrnft WAC or.
rested. The first man ! told
was Lieut.. Walton. l think l
was at Kings Office twice.,
l know Jack Colwell. 1 did not see Col
we'll at the West hotel last night. L did
not tell Joe Mannix my name was
Smith. l don't know any such man."
Ibid you not talk with this man?"
asked Davis, pointing to ManniX.
''He was trying to talk with me this
morning, but l would not talk with
him. l told Officer Krumweide what
l knew"
"What did Krumwelde say?" asked
Davis.
''He said Davis would not want me-"
"Well, do want you" said Davis.
"When did you tell Walton?"
swell, after the murder was talking
with my mother and | told her be-
lieved l knew who committed the muir
der and l thought l would tell the po-
lice. She said l had better not get
mixed up in the matter"
Ibid you tell him?''
Eyes, l went down to his house and
told him."
Where did you see Henry and these
two men, in front of the Lion drug
store?'
ION the sidewalk"
"They were walking along together"
"WhO was this Walton you told about
this matter?" asked Mr.. Erwin.
Lieutenant of police at the Third
precinct station"
What did Walton tell you to do?"
''He said that l had better get bottle
of whisky and try and get the meu
drunk and fine out more about it,"
"How did you happen to go out to
Hoag's for your health?"
MY folks know Hoag well and they
went into the house and told me that if
l was not busy had better come out
and help them pick Strawberries"
ibid you get a bottle of whisky and
seek out these desperadOes?"
mo, sir"
"Did you know about the reward?"
Il heard about it, but l do not know
how much it is"